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VOL. XXVH. USTDIANAPOLIS, IND., SEPT. 24,1892. NO. 39 WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN United States Department' of Agriculture Weather Bureau. Weather Crop Bulletin ofthe Indiana Weather Service, in co-operation with the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, ending Tuesday Sept. 20, 1892. The general and heavy rains which fell at the beginning, cool temperature and ranch sunshine the rest of the week, was exceedingly favorable to farm work and crop.; the rains refreshed everything, pasturage, corn, tobacco, etc., and it put the ground in fine condition for fall plowing and Eceiing, which now are pushed vigorously ; early sown wheat is up in the southern portion of the State; corn is maturing fast; mnch of it is oat of danger from heavier frosts and tho rest will be within a few days; the peaohcrop is above average and the late melon crop good; very light frost formed on two mornings in a few localities, but too light to do in- inry. SOUTHERN PORTION. Worthington, Greene Co.—A copious rain on the 13.h, pentrated the ground well, and enabled the farmers to break fallow lands; a larger acreage of wheat than usual being sown this season; corn is maturing rapidly, the early planted is out of danger from frost; pasturage is short; There are scarcely any winter apples,'as nearly all have fallen ofi. R.infall, 1.20. Seymour, Jackson Cj.—The weather during the past seven days has been unusually favorable to farm work and the maturing of the corn crop, which is more than an average in quality and quantity, and fairly ont of danger from frost Id j ary; fall pastures aid late vegetables have been very greatly refreshed by generous rains and abundant sunshine; fall plowing is about completed and much wheat is sown; fields that were sown early are bright and green; muoh oorn fodder has been saved in-fine condition and "rough feed" will be abundant; the late melon crop ia large and fine; live stock is in prime condition; fat cattle are scarce, but hogs are numerous; altogether the outlook is favorable. RainfaU, 1.G6. Mount Vernon, Posey Co.—The rainfall on the 12th and 13th, was very welcome and all over the county distributed; wheat 63cts. corn 45ats. rain beneficial to all growing crops. Rainfall, 1.40. New Albany, Floyd Co.—The weather the past week was beneficial to• every thing; very heavy rain fell Monday night and Tuesday putting the ground in fair condition for plowing and preparing for wheat; no wheat sown yet so far as I can learn; pastures and late corn and vegetables have been mnch improved , by the re- cent rain; vegetables and frnlts are very scarce and demand unusually high prices. RainfaU, 2 84. DeGonia Springs, Warrick Co.—No lack ' of moisture now; the night of 12th we had 4 75 inches of rain in 12 hours, well distributed; Tpastures are revived, cisterns filled and the ground mellowed; wheat sowing has cominonced; a great deal of the com is out i f danger from frcst, cutting up corn Is In progress; temperature and sunshine are about the average. Rain- fall, 4 75. Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The anxiously coveted rain began to faU on the 12 .h, and white not copious, yet sufficient fell to penetrate to the roots of corn and tobacco, _ which became greatly revived, so also meadows; the total precipitation for the week, equals the half of the monthly average; the tobacco crop wlU be below the average but of good quality; potatoes are uncertain yet; corn wUl yield only a moderate crop. RainfaU, 1.40. Marengo, Crawford Co.—Tb _ rains Mqb- day night and Tuesday, pat the ground in fine condition for plowing; lt had become very hard and dry because of long continued dry weather; sowing wUl commence at once; mnch corn Is yet in danger of frost and 'dry weather Is needed now. Rainfall, 3 50. CENTKAI/ PORTION. Franklin, Johnson Co. A heavy rain the 13th, soaking the ground thoroughly, it was very beneficial to all growing crops and pastures have taken a fine start.; much of the early corn is being cut and put in shock and most of it is a fair crop; late corn is not nearly so good, It being very weedy; the weather has been cool and pleasant for all kinds c f work; no frost here yet. Rainfall, 2 50. Indianapolis, Marion Co.—The rains at the beginning of the month were exceedingly beneficial especially as sunny, dry weather prevailed daring all the rest of the week; meadows, corn and potatoes were benefited much and plowing and seeding was resumed and prosecuted with vigor; but little corn remains now, which Is really exposed to being iDjared by heavier frosts. Rainfall, 1 80. Veedersburg, Fountain Co.—The rain on Tuesday was general, the ground absorbed it all, much to the benefit of the crops and wheat sowing.—Rainfall, 1 06. Richmond, Wayne Co.—The heavy rain on the 13th did an immense amount of good; fall breaking Is resumed and seed ing ls progressing weU; late corn, toma toes, turnips and pasturage are much benefited; cooler temperature followed the rain, with a suggestion of frost; there is a worm here that is boring into tomatoes while green, and of course it is utterly mining them. Rainfall, 150. Ashboro, Clay Co.—The rain on Monday night and Tuesday, was general aU over the county and it pat the ground in splendid condition for plowing and seeding; the cool weather has aided much and the work is going forward rapidly; there is not so no,uch rye sown this season as there had been in the last; pastures have held np well and stock is in good condition. Riinfall, 1.55. NORTHERN POBTION. Point Isabel, Grant Co.—A tremendous rain fell last Monday and Tuesday, which delayed wheat sowing for several days; the ground at the end ofthe week is again in good condition and seeding is pushed very rapidly; corn. also was kept from maturing by the rains; the weather since has been cool and light frosts were observed on one or two mornings, but it did no damage; corn continues to promise well if favored by|a late fall; pastures, greatly benefited by the rain, are now in good condition; apples are very scarce. Ranfall, 3 10. Warsaw, Kosciusko county.—The heavy rain at the beginning of the week was beneficial to pastures, sown wheat and plowing and seeding, but the sunshine the rest of the week ripened belated farm crops too rapidly; corn is getting fast out of danger from frost, a few more days will do it; some corn has been cat and the ground seeded to wheat; wheat sowing is nearly completed, the recent rains put the ground in finest oondition possibly; grapes are abundant and peaches nearly a fall crop. Rainfall, 1.10. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. Good rains, moderate temperature, and much sunshine were beneficial. RainfaU, 1.00. Marion, Grant Co.—The past week has given but very little sunshine; the temperature ranging low; Monday evening and Taesday gave na the largest rainfall of the season. RainfaU 4.55. Hatch's Mills, LaPorte Co.—Wheat sowing more than half done and the wheat copiipg up pice and even; grass in the pastures is starting np better now and stock of all kinds are doing well; turkeys and chickens are fine and plenty, but not many in market at present; apple crop very light and exceedingly poor quality; peaches are better crop, moderately large, but majority small, not wormy. RainfaU, 1.25. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, Local Forecast Official, Assistant Director. U. S. Weather Bureau. Owen Co. Notes—A Day With Farmer Mount, Etc. Editors Indiana Farmer; • By the time a farmer reaches the autumnal equinox he can count closely his profits and losses for the current year; the harvests of clover, wheat, oats, timothy are secured, and corn is near enongh the crib to estimate. Here in O yen an unprecedented wet spring delayed all farm work, hence plowing was late and badly done, while planting of corn ranged from May lst to June 20th. After a stand was obtained the gronnd worked hard and lifeless rendering cultivation not up to average? As a result of the late start and summer dronth corn wiU be short. In this immediate vicinity we have had nothing but a few light showers since July 2d and 3d; ground is too hard to break for wheat; seeding wUl be late and the acreage doubtless diminished. Hay was good and secured in fine order, clover especially being heavy; oats light; wheat variable, running from 10 to 24 bushels per tree; cattle and horses are low in price; thelatter are too numerous; feeding hogs are scarce and in demand; sbeep hold still in interest and price. The stone quarries of Romona station on the I. and V. railroad deserve passing mention; two large plants are running day and night quarrying and dressing tons of fine build- stone dally, giving steady employment to scores of men, increasing the business of the railroad, and giving to the farmers adjacent agood market for dairy and farm products. I recently had the pleasure of spending a day on the farm of Hon. J. A. Mount, in Montgomery county, and enjoyed the objsct lesson on success, contentment and happiness there given. Mr. Mount is, I think, the most enthusiastic man on the subject of general farmirg I ever met, and when one goes with him, as I did, and sees his magnificent crop of corn of 160 asres, which promises a yield of 75 bushels per acre, strikes his foot into the black, rich soil cpon which it is growing, it is easy lo see why the man is an enthusiast. Mr. M. feeds out his corn on the farm largely to thrifty hogs of his own raising and expects it to make 50 cants per bushel one year with another. He took me to s_e his sheep—good grades of the Merino and Cotswold bloods. Each year before breeding time he sorts up his sheep, using he says, "aU the judgment I have." He pats the coarse wooled ewes with Merino rams and the finer with Cotswold stock, thus tending aU the time toward medium wool. The yearling steers were high grade Shorthorns—big, sleek fellows, nearly equal to twos. The hogs and horses I did not see; teams were hauling manure several miles, every bit of which is saved and appUed to the fields, snd the amount is Increased by bedding stock heavily in winter. Mr. M. sows clover extensively for hay and fertilizer, using no timothy at all except in connection with clover, one-half bushel to one of clover. Save from the standpoint of benefiting the ground many farmers will not agree with him here, viz: ruling the clean timothy meadow out entirely. In his home and family Senator1 Mount Is a happy inan. We.5. erewelco cjea and entertained most kindly by Mrs. Mount, son Harry and daughtor Helen. The young people are pursuing their studies,- the former at Wabash, the latter at Coate's College. It has been said that Mr. Mount is a good farmer on paper; I want to testify that he is a thoroughly practical and successful farmer on soil, knows how to raise large crops and what to do after he gets them. A. B. Milligan. Gosport, Sept. 10. « ♦ ■ Washington Letter. From o.r Regular Coriespondent. It is altogether probable that the present cholera scare will result in an absolute prohibition of immigration for at least a year, as it is the opinion of all who have given the subj set any study that the danger of tho cholera getting any foothold in this country wlU be much greater next summer than it is at this time, and that it will be just as necessary to prohibit immigration then as non*. The only question is, how is the prohibition to be brought about. President Harrison has been urged to do it by issuing a proclamation, but he doubts his legal right to do so withont special authority from Congress. The legal experts of the Department of Justice are now hunting up laws that will enable tbis Government to put snch restrictions upon the shipping of immigrants, through the United States consuls abroad, as wiU practically be prohibitive. But this is expected to be only temporary, as Congress will be asked to legislate on the subject as soon as it meets. Senators, Representatives and other gentlemen more or less interested in politics who are now in Washington are so busy looking after the comfort cf the old soldiers, already beginning to arrive in large numbers, tbat they are not talking any poUtics. Yji the next ten days they will act politics. Each side will try to outdo the other, as there are still a nnmber of States in which the way the soldier vote Is cast means defeat or victory. This fact will add much to the preasure of the veterans who will come to the encampment. The street and house decorations for the encampment are nearly all in place, and the unanimous verdict-is that Washington was never so beautifully, so profusely decorated before. It is difficult to find a dwelling house even in the most remote sections of the city that does not display somewhere a bit of red, white and bine, and many dwellings are elaborately and expensively decorated. How Some Words Were Derived —A stentorian voice is that of one like the Grecian herald iu the Trojan war, whom Homer descuibesas "great-hearted,brazen- voiced S ten tor, accustomed to shout as loud as fifty other men." A raglan is a loose overcoat with long sleeves, sach as Lord Raglan wore in the Crimean war. Wellingtons are boots named after the Iron Dnke. Bluchers are a'sD boots, named a'ter the commander of Wellington's Prassien allies at Waterloo. Any magnificent tomb is called a mausoleum. Mau.olus, the Carian king whose name it bears, had nothing to do with the original except to lie In it whon he was dead. The piety of his wife, Artemisia, gave his name to tho tomb and the Immortality to her husband's memory, because the monument she built over his body gave a word to language. The magnolia bears the name of Pierre Magne 1, professor of medicine a' Montpelier, France, in the seventeenth century, and D_,hl, a Swedish botanist, has his name embalmed in the dahlia. Harper's Young Peop'e. « » . Owing to the prevalence in Anna, 111., of diphtheria the local board cf health has closed the public schools and prohibited th^ tnt. eting; of Sabbath-schools,
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1892, v. 27, no. 39 (Sept. 24) |
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Transcript | VOL. XXVH. USTDIANAPOLIS, IND., SEPT. 24,1892. NO. 39 WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN United States Department' of Agriculture Weather Bureau. Weather Crop Bulletin ofthe Indiana Weather Service, in co-operation with the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, ending Tuesday Sept. 20, 1892. The general and heavy rains which fell at the beginning, cool temperature and ranch sunshine the rest of the week, was exceedingly favorable to farm work and crop.; the rains refreshed everything, pasturage, corn, tobacco, etc., and it put the ground in fine condition for fall plowing and Eceiing, which now are pushed vigorously ; early sown wheat is up in the southern portion of the State; corn is maturing fast; mnch of it is oat of danger from heavier frosts and tho rest will be within a few days; the peaohcrop is above average and the late melon crop good; very light frost formed on two mornings in a few localities, but too light to do in- inry. SOUTHERN PORTION. Worthington, Greene Co.—A copious rain on the 13.h, pentrated the ground well, and enabled the farmers to break fallow lands; a larger acreage of wheat than usual being sown this season; corn is maturing rapidly, the early planted is out of danger from frost; pasturage is short; There are scarcely any winter apples,'as nearly all have fallen ofi. R.infall, 1.20. Seymour, Jackson Cj.—The weather during the past seven days has been unusually favorable to farm work and the maturing of the corn crop, which is more than an average in quality and quantity, and fairly ont of danger from frost Id j ary; fall pastures aid late vegetables have been very greatly refreshed by generous rains and abundant sunshine; fall plowing is about completed and much wheat is sown; fields that were sown early are bright and green; muoh oorn fodder has been saved in-fine condition and "rough feed" will be abundant; the late melon crop ia large and fine; live stock is in prime condition; fat cattle are scarce, but hogs are numerous; altogether the outlook is favorable. RainfaU, 1.G6. Mount Vernon, Posey Co.—The rainfall on the 12th and 13th, was very welcome and all over the county distributed; wheat 63cts. corn 45ats. rain beneficial to all growing crops. Rainfall, 1.40. New Albany, Floyd Co.—The weather the past week was beneficial to• every thing; very heavy rain fell Monday night and Tuesday putting the ground in fair condition for plowing and preparing for wheat; no wheat sown yet so far as I can learn; pastures and late corn and vegetables have been mnch improved , by the re- cent rain; vegetables and frnlts are very scarce and demand unusually high prices. RainfaU, 2 84. DeGonia Springs, Warrick Co.—No lack ' of moisture now; the night of 12th we had 4 75 inches of rain in 12 hours, well distributed; Tpastures are revived, cisterns filled and the ground mellowed; wheat sowing has cominonced; a great deal of the com is out i f danger from frcst, cutting up corn Is In progress; temperature and sunshine are about the average. Rain- fall, 4 75. Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The anxiously coveted rain began to faU on the 12 .h, and white not copious, yet sufficient fell to penetrate to the roots of corn and tobacco, _ which became greatly revived, so also meadows; the total precipitation for the week, equals the half of the monthly average; the tobacco crop wlU be below the average but of good quality; potatoes are uncertain yet; corn wUl yield only a moderate crop. RainfaU, 1.40. Marengo, Crawford Co.—Tb _ rains Mqb- day night and Tuesday, pat the ground in fine condition for plowing; lt had become very hard and dry because of long continued dry weather; sowing wUl commence at once; mnch corn Is yet in danger of frost and 'dry weather Is needed now. Rainfall, 3 50. CENTKAI/ PORTION. Franklin, Johnson Co. A heavy rain the 13th, soaking the ground thoroughly, it was very beneficial to all growing crops and pastures have taken a fine start.; much of the early corn is being cut and put in shock and most of it is a fair crop; late corn is not nearly so good, It being very weedy; the weather has been cool and pleasant for all kinds c f work; no frost here yet. Rainfall, 2 50. Indianapolis, Marion Co.—The rains at the beginning of the month were exceedingly beneficial especially as sunny, dry weather prevailed daring all the rest of the week; meadows, corn and potatoes were benefited much and plowing and seeding was resumed and prosecuted with vigor; but little corn remains now, which Is really exposed to being iDjared by heavier frosts. Rainfall, 1 80. Veedersburg, Fountain Co.—The rain on Tuesday was general, the ground absorbed it all, much to the benefit of the crops and wheat sowing.—Rainfall, 1 06. Richmond, Wayne Co.—The heavy rain on the 13th did an immense amount of good; fall breaking Is resumed and seed ing ls progressing weU; late corn, toma toes, turnips and pasturage are much benefited; cooler temperature followed the rain, with a suggestion of frost; there is a worm here that is boring into tomatoes while green, and of course it is utterly mining them. Rainfall, 150. Ashboro, Clay Co.—The rain on Monday night and Tuesday, was general aU over the county and it pat the ground in splendid condition for plowing and seeding; the cool weather has aided much and the work is going forward rapidly; there is not so no,uch rye sown this season as there had been in the last; pastures have held np well and stock is in good condition. Riinfall, 1.55. NORTHERN POBTION. Point Isabel, Grant Co.—A tremendous rain fell last Monday and Tuesday, which delayed wheat sowing for several days; the ground at the end ofthe week is again in good condition and seeding is pushed very rapidly; corn. also was kept from maturing by the rains; the weather since has been cool and light frosts were observed on one or two mornings, but it did no damage; corn continues to promise well if favored by|a late fall; pastures, greatly benefited by the rain, are now in good condition; apples are very scarce. Ranfall, 3 10. Warsaw, Kosciusko county.—The heavy rain at the beginning of the week was beneficial to pastures, sown wheat and plowing and seeding, but the sunshine the rest of the week ripened belated farm crops too rapidly; corn is getting fast out of danger from frost, a few more days will do it; some corn has been cat and the ground seeded to wheat; wheat sowing is nearly completed, the recent rains put the ground in finest oondition possibly; grapes are abundant and peaches nearly a fall crop. Rainfall, 1.10. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. Good rains, moderate temperature, and much sunshine were beneficial. RainfaU, 1.00. Marion, Grant Co.—The past week has given but very little sunshine; the temperature ranging low; Monday evening and Taesday gave na the largest rainfall of the season. RainfaU 4.55. Hatch's Mills, LaPorte Co.—Wheat sowing more than half done and the wheat copiipg up pice and even; grass in the pastures is starting np better now and stock of all kinds are doing well; turkeys and chickens are fine and plenty, but not many in market at present; apple crop very light and exceedingly poor quality; peaches are better crop, moderately large, but majority small, not wormy. RainfaU, 1.25. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, Local Forecast Official, Assistant Director. U. S. Weather Bureau. Owen Co. Notes—A Day With Farmer Mount, Etc. Editors Indiana Farmer; • By the time a farmer reaches the autumnal equinox he can count closely his profits and losses for the current year; the harvests of clover, wheat, oats, timothy are secured, and corn is near enongh the crib to estimate. Here in O yen an unprecedented wet spring delayed all farm work, hence plowing was late and badly done, while planting of corn ranged from May lst to June 20th. After a stand was obtained the gronnd worked hard and lifeless rendering cultivation not up to average? As a result of the late start and summer dronth corn wiU be short. In this immediate vicinity we have had nothing but a few light showers since July 2d and 3d; ground is too hard to break for wheat; seeding wUl be late and the acreage doubtless diminished. Hay was good and secured in fine order, clover especially being heavy; oats light; wheat variable, running from 10 to 24 bushels per tree; cattle and horses are low in price; thelatter are too numerous; feeding hogs are scarce and in demand; sbeep hold still in interest and price. The stone quarries of Romona station on the I. and V. railroad deserve passing mention; two large plants are running day and night quarrying and dressing tons of fine build- stone dally, giving steady employment to scores of men, increasing the business of the railroad, and giving to the farmers adjacent agood market for dairy and farm products. I recently had the pleasure of spending a day on the farm of Hon. J. A. Mount, in Montgomery county, and enjoyed the objsct lesson on success, contentment and happiness there given. Mr. Mount is, I think, the most enthusiastic man on the subject of general farmirg I ever met, and when one goes with him, as I did, and sees his magnificent crop of corn of 160 asres, which promises a yield of 75 bushels per acre, strikes his foot into the black, rich soil cpon which it is growing, it is easy lo see why the man is an enthusiast. Mr. M. feeds out his corn on the farm largely to thrifty hogs of his own raising and expects it to make 50 cants per bushel one year with another. He took me to s_e his sheep—good grades of the Merino and Cotswold bloods. Each year before breeding time he sorts up his sheep, using he says, "aU the judgment I have." He pats the coarse wooled ewes with Merino rams and the finer with Cotswold stock, thus tending aU the time toward medium wool. The yearling steers were high grade Shorthorns—big, sleek fellows, nearly equal to twos. The hogs and horses I did not see; teams were hauling manure several miles, every bit of which is saved and appUed to the fields, snd the amount is Increased by bedding stock heavily in winter. Mr. M. sows clover extensively for hay and fertilizer, using no timothy at all except in connection with clover, one-half bushel to one of clover. Save from the standpoint of benefiting the ground many farmers will not agree with him here, viz: ruling the clean timothy meadow out entirely. In his home and family Senator1 Mount Is a happy inan. We.5. erewelco cjea and entertained most kindly by Mrs. Mount, son Harry and daughtor Helen. The young people are pursuing their studies,- the former at Wabash, the latter at Coate's College. It has been said that Mr. Mount is a good farmer on paper; I want to testify that he is a thoroughly practical and successful farmer on soil, knows how to raise large crops and what to do after he gets them. A. B. Milligan. Gosport, Sept. 10. « ♦ ■ Washington Letter. From o.r Regular Coriespondent. It is altogether probable that the present cholera scare will result in an absolute prohibition of immigration for at least a year, as it is the opinion of all who have given the subj set any study that the danger of tho cholera getting any foothold in this country wlU be much greater next summer than it is at this time, and that it will be just as necessary to prohibit immigration then as non*. The only question is, how is the prohibition to be brought about. President Harrison has been urged to do it by issuing a proclamation, but he doubts his legal right to do so withont special authority from Congress. The legal experts of the Department of Justice are now hunting up laws that will enable tbis Government to put snch restrictions upon the shipping of immigrants, through the United States consuls abroad, as wiU practically be prohibitive. But this is expected to be only temporary, as Congress will be asked to legislate on the subject as soon as it meets. Senators, Representatives and other gentlemen more or less interested in politics who are now in Washington are so busy looking after the comfort cf the old soldiers, already beginning to arrive in large numbers, tbat they are not talking any poUtics. Yji the next ten days they will act politics. Each side will try to outdo the other, as there are still a nnmber of States in which the way the soldier vote Is cast means defeat or victory. This fact will add much to the preasure of the veterans who will come to the encampment. The street and house decorations for the encampment are nearly all in place, and the unanimous verdict-is that Washington was never so beautifully, so profusely decorated before. It is difficult to find a dwelling house even in the most remote sections of the city that does not display somewhere a bit of red, white and bine, and many dwellings are elaborately and expensively decorated. How Some Words Were Derived —A stentorian voice is that of one like the Grecian herald iu the Trojan war, whom Homer descuibesas "great-hearted,brazen- voiced S ten tor, accustomed to shout as loud as fifty other men." A raglan is a loose overcoat with long sleeves, sach as Lord Raglan wore in the Crimean war. Wellingtons are boots named after the Iron Dnke. Bluchers are a'sD boots, named a'ter the commander of Wellington's Prassien allies at Waterloo. Any magnificent tomb is called a mausoleum. Mau.olus, the Carian king whose name it bears, had nothing to do with the original except to lie In it whon he was dead. The piety of his wife, Artemisia, gave his name to tho tomb and the Immortality to her husband's memory, because the monument she built over his body gave a word to language. The magnolia bears the name of Pierre Magne 1, professor of medicine a' Montpelier, France, in the seventeenth century, and D_,hl, a Swedish botanist, has his name embalmed in the dahlia. Harper's Young Peop'e. « » . Owing to the prevalence in Anna, 111., of diphtheria the local board cf health has closed the public schools and prohibited th^ tnt. eting; of Sabbath-schools, |
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